The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 4, 1950, Page 1

i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,495 CHRYSLERS T0 ROLL; STRIKE ENDS IN PACT Biferness Prevails Up fo "End-Contract for Five and Three Years DETROIT, May 4—®—The bil- lion-dollar-plus Chrysler strike was settled today—an hour and a half before it became 100 days old. The CIO United Auto Workers and Chrysler Corp. signed a contract at 8:25 am. (EST) carrying $100 monthly pensions, including Social Security benefits, for workers 65 years old with 25 years service. The contract also boosts wages in some parts plants, and hikes medi- cal, hospital and insurance benefits of employees. The pension section runs five years, that covering wages and other items for three. The wages and insurance section may be reopened once after July J, 1951, and once after July 1, 1952, by either side. The 89,000 striking Chrysler unionists will begin returning to work Monday. Most of the fifty thousand idled in supplier plants will follow them, though some sup- plier firms already have recalled their workers. Rolling in 2 Weeks Chrysler is shooting at a maxi- mum car and truck production within two weeks in its 25 Chrys- ler, Dodge, DeSoto and Plymouth plants across the country. Local unions will vote on ratifica- tion of the contract Saturday, but none s expected to reject it. Ap- proval usually is automatic. UAW President Walter Reuther claimed these gains, among others, in addition to pensions and hos- pital-medical and insurance bene- fits: Three to 13 cents an hour more for workers in several Chrysler parts plants. A boost of $31.10 a year in vaca~ tion pay for workers with three to five years service. A check-off of unfon dues. (A plan under which the company de- ducts union dues from wage pay- ments). The UAW lost its demand for a union shop, under which all work- ers would have been forced to join the union—after obtaining jobs if not before. ¢ The company still contends the union could have got virtually what it received today without the strike, which cost an estimated $1,383,- 720555 in lost wages and sales. Only the General Motors strike ot 1945-46 lasted longer ‘or cost more. It cost $1,457,000,000 and lasted 113 days. The union claims its gains equal the “l0-cents-an-hour package” it demanded when it called the walk- out. Reuther said: “Human Crusade” “The Chrysler strike was more than a fight for pension, hospital- medical and insurance benefits and an improved contract. The Chrysler strike was a part of a great human crusade to build a better tomorrow and a better world.” (Continued on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON Whha 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 'ASHINGTON — Ex-Communist Louis Budenz swung his Red brush in wide arc the other day and smeared two dozen more Americans a8 Communists, including a Marine hero and a famous editor. He delivered his new Red list behind closed doors to the Senate subcommittee investigating Senator McCarthy’s charges. The only name that leaked out afterward was reported triumphantly by Mc- Carthy on the Senate floor—Hal- dore Hanson. However, Senator MocMahon of Connecticut disagreed with McCarthy. The inside fact is, McCarthy de- pended upon Senator Hickenlooper of Yowa for his information, be- cause the subcommittee refused to give McCarthy a copy of the sec- ret minutes. In fact, the session was so secret that Chairman Tyd- ings of Maryland asked Budenz to identify his list by numbers_ instead got so mixed up with the numbers that Tydings finally agreed to let Budenz use names, “I understood in light of the vote we took before lunch that this whole record is going to be secret, is it not?” demanced Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. “I want to make this extra se- “(Continued on Page Four) Imorrow! ICHAMBER TOEQUIP | FIVE INFORMATION CENTERS THIS YEAR| There will be at least five infor- mation centers in Juneau for the convenience of tourists this year, it was announced today. They will be sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and will be situated in stores and transporta- tion company offices, according to Charles W. Carter, chairman ot the chamber’s tourist “committee. Five business houses have already offered to serve as information centers, he told the Chamber ot Commerce at its regular noon meet- ing in the Baranof Hotel today. The Chamber voted its approval of a $145 expenditure for posters and city maps with which to equip the centers. Carter said the information cen- ters will be able to give summer visi- tors information on points of in- terest in Juneau and its vicinity with the aid of the maps. The information centers will also be equipped to give information on sport fishing and hunting in this} part of Southeast Alaska, and to arrange side trips by sea and air, he said. An effort is also being made tu form an all-Alaska tourist associa- tion, according to Carter. He said the Alaska, Development Board is cooperating with Alaskan chambers of commerce in an attempt to or- ganize the association. It will probably be patterned after | Hawaii’s tourist association, he said. “But we can’t expect to catch up with Hawaii in a couple of years) Carter stated. “It took them 22 years to get where they are.” In an effort to attract travellers on the Alaska Highway to Juneau, the Chamber of Commerce will make a goodwill tour to the point where the Haines Cut-Off joins the Alaska Highway, Carter said. There a sign will be erected di- recting travellers to Juneau. No date has been set for the] tour, which will go as far as White- horse. Special attraction at the meeting was. the. showing of the Alaska De- velopment Board’s movie produgtion “Alaska U.SA.” George Sundborg, consultant to the Development Board, told the Chamber that the picture was made primarily for showing in the states. Every major sport and industry in Alaska is covered in the 30-minute film, LIBRARY FUND DRIVE CONSULTED BY BOARD CONSULTANT FOR $70 Development of the Juneau Mem- orial Libray fund grew apace to- day aided by an expert in that ‘ield. George Sundborg, consultant for the Alaska Development Board, spends a great deal of time and energy in his capacity of top sales- | man for the Northland and chief answerer-of-questions from persons throughout the United States who want to know everything about Al- aska. The other day Sundborg took time out from his regular duties to consult the paper on how the li- brary drive was doing, and decided it needed a boost, too. 8o he placed a check on the desk of Dr. James C. Ryan, commiss- loner of education and library board member, for $70—a ten buck kick-in from each member of his family. There is of course George him- self; his wife, Mary, and their five children: = Pierre, 12 years old; George Jr., 10 years old; Rosemary 3 years old; Stephen, 6 years old; and Sarah, 5 years old. Coupled with Sundborg’s check was a $25 anonymous contribution to the fund, given to B. D. Stew- art, acting chairman of the drive. That 19 Cents Again! And then Vic Power got in am- ong those who were concerned over that 19 cents which hung so long on the end of each day’s balance, and told Dr. Ryan that he was tired of looking at it, and forced that much money into the board mem- ber’s hands, Dr. Ryan didn’t want to take it, because other contribu- tions had previously come in with 19 cents attached, and this would throw it all off again. “Makes no difference,” said Pow- ers, “at least it will be different.” Power was quite right. Today's total is $95.19,° with the ‘balafice |now $258.61! Now hold your htas and don't stand up, because that $70,000 sought to build the structure is teetering right on the edge. Match- ing funds from the General Serv- ices Administration will make $140,- 000 available for the building. Now let’s see what happens to- MUSIC FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS T0 ARRIVE FRIDAY Events Scheduled for Op- ening Day Saturday- Two Held in Evening The big Southeast Alaska School Music Festival will be inaugurated tomorrow with the arrival of the participants from Ketehikan, Mt. Edgecumbe, Petersburg and Sitka. Registration and housing assign- ment will take place at the High School gym. The Ketchikan dele- gation is coming to Juneau in a chartered PAA plane. Tomorrow evening entertainment for the visitors will be the CYO dance, starting at 9:30 o’'clock in Parish Hall, On Saturday, the music festival cfficially starts with a pleasure trip to Mendenhall glacier in the fore- noon, then tryouts for selected band and chorus starting at 1 o'clock in the High School gym. The public events will be Sat- urday night, two of them, instru- mental solos at 8 o'clock in the Grade School auditorium and also at 8 o'clock vocal solos and en- sembles in the Methodist church. Participants in the grade school event are as follows: Nancy Hanson James Wheeler, III Jack Hermle Robert Stratton Gary Hedges Fenton Dennis Pat Crowley and Norman Henderson Cornet Norman Lister Norman Henderson Joe Tassel Kirk Bower Joan Williamson and Marilyn Crooks Nancy McDowell Fred Wyller Bass Clarinet Helen Claire Lister Oboe Kenneth Kadow Tenor Saxophone Stanley Henderson Alto Saxophone Donna Eneberg Alto Saxophone Clyde Jensen Alto Saxophone Audrey French ‘Piano Nancy Hanson Piano Robert. Secrist Bass Tom Housholder Bass Jack Reed Bass Bud Schultz Drum Bb Clarinet Bb Clarinet Bb Clarinet Bb Clarinet Trombone Cornet (Duet) Cornet Cornet Violin Violin Flute (Duet) Alto Clarinet At the Methodist church the par- ticipants and program will be as follows: Delphine Darnielson, Mezzo-So- prano—Birds’ Song At Eventide Gladys Uggen, Soprano—Homing Janu McConnel, Contralto—None But The Lonely Heart Bob Croken, Tenor—A Dream Girls’ Triple Trio (Juneau) Wan- ia Nelson, Evangeline McConnel, Srlene Intolubbe, Mary Jean Hack- wood, Donna Mountjoy, Anne Hau- zen, Adeline Barlow, Lila Harris Oonna Jewett Mixed Quartete (Juneau) Adel- ne Barlow, Janu McConnel, Bot Sroken, Don Morrison Girls' Sextet (Petersburg) Kay Byington, Irene Wasvick, Jean Was- vick, Beverly Wingard, Vera Fryer Jean Porter. The ensembles will give the fol- lowing selections: Oh What A Beautiful— When Children Pray— Dearest Lord Jesus— The Green Cathedral— Spiritual— The Alphabet— Heartless— Now The Day Is Over— ANS IS RECRUITING NURSE PERSONNEL, SITKA HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, May 4—#— Dr. Robert N. Shuler, medical rep- resentative of the Alaska Native Service, arrived today to recruit personnel for the hospital at Mt Edgecumbe, near Sitka. The ANE cares for medical and educational needs of Alaska’s Indians and Eski- mos. “We need 30 registered nurses at the new hospital and at least ten others elsewhere in the Territory,’ Dr. Shuler said. “We need at least three more doctors, a good phar- macist and occupational and physio- therapists.” AL LYON IN Al A. Lyon of Lytle and Green Construction Company came in jfrom Anchorage yesterday and is staying at the Baranof Hotel. He expected to make a short visit to Haines while in Southeast Alaska. TULSEQUAH COUPLES Mr. and Mrs. A. A. MacDonald and Mr. and Mrs. T. Cox, all ot Tulsequah, B.C., are guests at the ! Baranof Hotetl, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JI'NEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1950 (LD WAR T0 GROW COOLER SAYS TRUMAN Marshall Plan Is Cheaper than Shooting War-Hits Congress, Tax Picture WASHINGTON, May 4 — # — President Truman said today he doesn’t feel the cold war 1s close to turning into a shooting war with Russia. In fact, he said, he thinks the international situation is much better now than it was in 1946. Mr. Truman voiced his optimism for world peace at a news confer- ence. He spoke out after a reporter told him Senator Tydings (D-Md) had said this country is close to a shooting war with Russia. The President said he thinks Tyd- ings was unduly alarmed if he saic that. He said he thinks the situa- tion is improving. He said he may be an optimist in saying that, and added that one has to be an, op- timist to be President of the United States. Mr. Truman said that he dis- agrees with former President Hoover on Hoover's proposal to re- organize the United Nations with- out Russia. But, he said, he feels Hoover is right in suggesting that moral forces be strengthened for world peace. The President said the nation's defense budget will be smaller for the 1951-52 fiscal year (beginning July 1, 1951) and he is not alarmed in any sense of the word. This was | in answer to a question wkiet.her’ recent proposed increases in the 1950-51 defense budget were based on alarming world conditions “Old Argument” Informed of arguments that be- cause of the present deficit the nation could no longer afford the Marshall Plan, the President replied that is the old argument which its opponents have made ever since the plan Was started. He - contended the deficit exists because Congress refused to levy| sufficient taxes to support the gov~: ernment’s needs. The Marshall Plan, he asserted, is much cheaper than| a shooting war. He said there is nothing to claims that every time there is a Stalin scare this country spends another billion. The present budget, he went on, is a good one and as tight as it can be made.. Defense outlays are budgeted at $13,911,000,000 in the pending appropriation bill, with an amendment calling for an addi- tional $350,000,000, mainly for air power. Asked whether White House mail shows a growing concern among the American people over Communism and whether Communism will be a factor in the coming elections, Mr. Truman replied the people are al- ways uneasy about an organizaticn that believes in overthrow of the United States government by vio- lence. ! He said he does not helieve there is any unusual trend in the direc- tion mentioned by the reporter. Florida No Bearing In response to questions about the Florida primary, Mr. Truman said he does not regard the defeat of Senator Pepper as a defeat for the Fair Deal or the administration. He! said there were certain issues in the campaign that had no bearing on the national picture. Asked about a report that James Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for the California Governorship nomi- nation, had made his peace with the White House, Mr. Truman saic he never had any ill feeling toward Jimmy Roosevelt. He added the late President’s son supported the Tru- man ticket after Mr. Truman’s nomination. Roosevelt had backed Gen, Dwight Eisenhower earlier for the nomination. Asked if he had invited Senator Taylor (D-Idaho), Vice Presidential candidate on Henry Wallace’s Pro- gressive party ticket in 1948, to ride his special train as it crosses Idaho on his coming tour, Mr. Truman said he had not. He added that he would be happy to shake hands with Taylor when the Presidential train goes through Idaho, ’ On other subjects: The President took “another dig at Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) for his charges that the State Depart- ment is a haven for Communists. Asked about McCarthy's recent at- tack on former Secretary of State Marshall, he said anything Mc- Carthy says is not worth comment- ing on. . Mr. Truman laughed when he was asked to comment on a statement by Harold E. Stassen, President of the University of Pennsylvania,i calling him the “cleverest politician MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS "CENTS | Amer ican Mother ol Mrs. denry Roe Cloud, (second from left), bec: at hey home near Portland, Ore., are (left to right) Grandscn Edward Hughes, 7, Mrs. Roe Cloud; Grandson Mark flughes, 4; and Mrs. Marion Hughes, 32, one of four daughters and the first Indian girl to be grad- uated from Wellesley College. (» Wirephoto. R DEMOCRATS OF HAWAI CAN FIGHT Il Take of Commiecrats ~Chapman Talks on Statehood WASHINGTON, May 4 — & — Secretarw, °f the Interior Chapman told a Senate Committee today “the Democrats of Hawaii will take care of this Communism issue within their own party.” Chapman hurried to the Hawaii statehood hearing before the In- sular Affairs Committee after Sen- ator Butler (R-Neb) told it that the “Democratic party in Hawali is substantially controlled by the Communist-led ILWU (Interna- tional Longshoremen and Ware- housemen Union) ' crowd and its fellow travelers.” Butler said he based his conten- tion on news reports that a third ot the delegates walked out of the Democratic Territorial convention in protest against seating of 15 delegates who had ‘refused to ans- wer questions before the House Un- American Activities Committee in- vestigating Communism in Hawaii. Chapman began by asking Gov- ernor Stainback of Hawaii to stand up. He then asked Stainback to tell the committee what he thought ot the “walkout” at the Territorial convention. “I think we can take care of the Commiecrats when we get back, Stainback asserted. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive at 7 a.m. tomorrow and sails south at 9 a.m. Baranof from west scheduled southbound 11 p.m. Sunday. Wi e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 51; minimum, 44. At Airport—Maximum, 51; minimum, 42. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Variable cloudiness with oc- casional showers tonight and Friday. Decreasing south- easterly winds. Lowest tem- perature tonight 36 with highest Friday 50 degrees. ®Secoeececcccoccccvce CePRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® City of Juneau—037 inches; since May 1 — 037 inches; since July 1—65.31 inches. , At Airport — 024 inches; since May 1 — 024 inches; since July 1—42.43 inches. !0 0000000000000 0cecocccccconncoe and worst President” in the na- tion’s history. Mr. Truman said that was quite a statement but he had no comment. PATROL CRAFT ON |NO RAISE ARMY PIER BEING READIED FOR WORK On her earliest trip north in many. years, the 110-foot patrol boat Brant of the Fish and Wildlite Service fleet, is docked at the army pier in Juneau as her crew is bus.yl on overhaul work on five small patrol craft, readying them for the coming fishing season. Under command of Capt. Jim Collins, the Brant will remain here a month and then will operate out of here for the season. She carries a 10-man crew. A 50-ton crane on the army dock enabled the Brant's créw to lift the five small vessels to the dock tor overhaul work. The dock and its equipment are on loan from the army to the service. Other vessels soon to leave Seattle after their winter lay-up are the Teal, Dennis Winn, and Kittiwake, according to Clarence Rhode, regional director for the service. The Teal departs May 7 for Southeast Alaska ports and Wwill continue to Anchorage, to be based out of there. She will cover Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet dur- ing the season. The Dennis Winn, the service's largest vessel, 150 feet in length and a former Army FS boat, will depart May 9 with 300 tons of freight, loaded to capacity for stations in Bristol Bay. She carries materials to build two,large counting weirs, plus aircraft materials. Will Follow Ice She will go into the Bay imme- Qiately after the ice is out so the weirs may be erected before the first fish gets up the streams, Rhode said. The old Crane leaves May 10, passing through Juneau on her way to Kodiak, False Pass and Chig- nik with freight. Her station will be at Chignik during the season. Kodiak will have a good-sized patrol vessel this year for the first time since 1947. She is the newest craft under control of the service, being a 75-foot former Army tug. Vessels already in the north are the Blue Wing, stationed at Cralg; the Auklet at Wrangell; the Grizaly Bear at Juneau, and several small launches at various points, OVER BILLION OKD HARBORS, RIVERS; NOW T0 GET MONEY WASHINGTON, May 4 — ® — Congress completed its action today on a bill authorizing water pro- jects which would cost an estimated $1,730,000,000. Final action was in the Sepate. It accepted by a 44 to 24 roll call a compromise version of the big bill. The House had approved it yester- day. The bill now goes to President Truman. The bill authorizes these types of projects: rivers and harbors, flood control and reclamation. But it provides no money for them. That must come in separate legislation. Rivers and harbors survey include Hoonah Harbor, Alaska. SITKAN VISITS John H. Pace, Jr., of Sitka is re- gistered at the Baranot Hotel IN PRICE OFGOLD Board of Dh;fors of WMF Also Rejects South African Proposal WASHINGTON, May 4—®—The World Monetary Fund’s board of di- MacA GIVES SLAP IO_RUSSIA "Provocative Impertin- ence’’ to Ask About What U. S. Is Doing in Pacific (By the Associated Press) General Douglas MacArthur slap- ped down today a Russian protest ‘hat the United States is fortify- ing Japan in defiance of Allled Occupation policies. In a scorching letter to Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko, Russian rep- resentative in Tokyo who raised the - issue yesterday, MacArthur called the Russian charges “pro- vocative impertinence.” The Russian had_referred to “re- onstruction of former Japanese Naval and Air Bases” in Japan and Okinawa. MacArthur in effect told him what the United States did in Okinawa was none of the Krem- lin's business. Said MacArthur: “Your inquiry concerning this matter is therefore a presumption without the slightest excuse of ‘alidity.” As for bases in Japan proper, the American General said they will be ‘maintained in a condition of such idequacy and preparedness as will insure the fullest security, opera- tional efficiency, and most com- plete readiness for any eventuality.” It was tough talk by a tough Gen- eral who represents American, mighi in the Orient. It was characteristic of the substantially sharper tone with which the United States now speaks to the Soviets. In Frankfurt, the U.S. High Com- missioner noted a growing tendency by West German newspapers to soft-pedal the cold war issues divid- ing Russia and the Western Allies. The softening attitude was viewed by political observers as a propa- rectors declares there is ‘no. eco-)- nomic justification” for raising the price of gold above $35 an ounce. With that, the board rejected a South African proposal that hait of all newly-mined gold be per- mitted to be sold in international markets at any higher price than could be ohtained for it. The $35 rate, which also has been the official U.S. price for more than 16 years, has in effect fixed a ceiling on international selling and buying prices for the fund’s 47 member countries. South Africa, as the world’s big- gest producer of gold, stood to gain the most profit from premium price sales abroad if the fund changed its position and authorized them. The United States, although ranked the third biggest gold pro- ducer—Canada is rated the sec- ond—strongly opposed the South African proposal, partly on the ground it would amount to a sub- sidy and a form of involuntary U aid to foreign gold producers. (Russia, which is a top ranking gold producer itself and is believed by some U.S. officials to be second only to the US. in accumulated holdings of gold, is not a member of the fund. One Soviet satellite, Czechoslovakia, is in the fund, and another, Poland, recently quit it.) WHISKEY, BEER TAX CUTVOTEDDOWN IN HOUSE COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, May 4—®—The House Ways and Means Committee today voted against any cut in fed- eral taxes on whiskey and beer. Working away on a proposed tax- cutting bill, the committee turned thumbs down on motions to— 1. Reduce the $0 a gallon liquor tax to $7.50 a gallon. This would have trimmed federal revenues by $200,000,000. The whiskey tax was raised $3 a gallon during the war. 2. Cut the $8 a barrel beer tax by 50 cents a barrel. If approved, this would have relieved beer drinkers of about $40,000,000 a year in taxes. No proposal was made today to reduce wine excise imposts. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 4 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 115%, Anaconda 31%, Curtiss- Wright 8'4, International Harvester 27%, Kennecott 54%, New York Central 14, Northern Pacific 17, U.S. Steel 32%, Potind $2.80%. Sales today were 2,150,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 214.90, rails 56.01, utilities 4297, newspapers are swallowing the Rus- sian story that the East-West strug- gle is none of their affair. MINE AID BILL TO 60 BEFORE HOUSE COMMTTEE SOON WASHINGTON, May 4 — B — The House Rules Committee may take up the metal mine aid bill within a few days, Rep. Engle (D- Calif) said today. “I have a message from the Rules committee that it is ready to hear me on the measure as soon as I am able,” he told a reporter. “I hope that will be within two or threc days.” The committee will decide if and when the House will act on the bill. The measure would authorize an expenditure of $330,000,000 in four years on a program designed tn ald mine owners in locating new reserves of strategic and critical metals and minerals and to aid in keeping valuable mining properties in stand-by condition. HOMESTEAD RUSH 1S NOW EXPECTED IN ALASKA, CLAIM WASHINGTON, May 4 — A — Bureau of Land Management offi- ces in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Nome, Alaska, are preparing for a rush of settlement claims, Secre- tary of the Interior Chapman said today. Legislation signed by President Truman last Saturday requires Alaska homesteaders to record their settlement claims. Recording of such claims with the Bureau will enable prospective settlers to quickly check what lands are available in Alaska, Chapman said. If a settler fails to comply, Chap~ man said, he will not receive credit for residence until his claim is brought officially to the attention of the Bureau. This will affect the settler when he asks-for a patent on his homestead. - JEANNIE WALTON HERE Jeannie Welsh Walton of" Bel- lingham, owner and operator of the Icy Straits Salmon Company, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. FROM LOS ANGELES Mary Thielges of Los Angeles is registered at the Baranof Hotel,